Williams v Azarenka
WTA Tour 2021
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Too close to call — 7–6 on categories
Azarenka wins on first serve in %. Williams’s case rests on first-serve points won %. WTA Tour 2021: Williams 17 matches, Azarenka 37 matches.
- Williams averages 5.1 aces a match to Azarenka’s 2.9 (77% more).
- Williams averages 2.7 double faults a match to Azarenka’s 4.6.
- Azarenka has the better first serve in %: 62.2 to Williams’s 57.2.
- Longevity: Azarenka has 37 matches, Williams 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
- 57.2First serve in %62.2#50 of 105
- 72.3First-serve points won %65.8#33 of 105
- 53.0Break points saved %55.5#49 of 105
- 45.5Return points won %48.8★ #3 of 105
- 5.187 total · best 9Acesper game2.9107 total · best 9#39 of 104
- 11.7198 total · best 20Games wonper game12.6465 total · best 18
Head to head
1823 matches
since 20085
since 20085
- Hard · 15 matchesWilliams 10Azarenka 5
- Grass · 4 matchesWilliams 4Azarenka 0
- Clay · 4 matchesWilliams 4Azarenka 0
- Grand Slams · 11 matchesWilliams 10Azarenka 1
- Finals · 9 matchesWilliams 5Azarenka 4
Last meetings
- 31 Aug 2020 · US Open · Semifinal · HardAzarenka won 1-6 6-3 6-3
- 4 Mar 2019 · Indian Wells · Round of 64 · HardWilliams won 7-5 6-3
- 7 Mar 2016 · Indian Wells · Final · HardAzarenka won 6-4 6-4
- 29 June 2015 · Wimbledon · Quarterfinal · GrassWilliams won 3-6 6-2 6-3
- 25 May 2015 · Roland Garros · Round of 32 · ClayWilliams won 3-6 6-4 6-2
- 4 May 2015 · Madrid · Round of 16 · Clay
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2021.
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